John hart



STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

JOHN HART, OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

iMODE OF TIGH'IENING- SACKING BOTTOMS OF BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 1,185, dated June 21, 1839.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HART, of the county of Jessamine and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Art of lllanufacturing and Constructing Bedsteads, and that the following is a full and exact description of the construction and operation of the said improvement.

The rails of this improved bedstead are turned round as in the drawing on the opposite page, but may be left square with the exception of two inches from the shoulder and round tenons turned on the same, which tenons are fra-med into the posts all the same distance from the floor. The pins are set into the top of the rails (as inthe common bedsteads) to receive cord or sacking. In each rail there is a hole bored about an inch and five-eighths in diameter into which is inserted a round wooden lever from the outer side as in the within drawing. The levers Nos. l and 2 in the side rail in which they are inserted extend across to within one-half inch of the opposite rail. Levers Nos. 3 and et inserted in the end rails extend to the transverse levers, and lever No. 3 is confined to lever No. l and lever No. 4 confined to No. 2 by iron hooks which are detached and act upon t-he levers as they drop or rise.

To the end of levers l and 2 a cord is attached by which they are raised from the {ioor to tighten the cord and joints and is fastened to a pin in the opposite side rail. The head and foot board go into the posts with a square mortise (as in the common bedstead) The foregoing the inventor considers a full and sutiicient description of his improvement, and he will now explain its operation and the manner of putting up the same. First the ends are put together and then the side rails are put in. The four levers are inserted into the rails as above de scribed. Then attach lever 3 to l and lever l to 2 with the iron hooks. Let the ends of the lever one and two rest upon the floor, put on the cord or sacking loosely, raise the levers by the strings or cords at the ends of levers one and two, and fasten the same to a pin which is placed in the rails for that purpose, as before described, which makes the cord or sacking perfectly tight and brings the joints all up, thus accomplishing a firm substantial and tight bedstead without the aid of the iron screws or other braces in the posts. Vhen the bedstead is desired to be taken apart it is only necessary to unfasten the cords at the ends of lever No. l and 2 and let them drop. The bed cord or sacking immediately slackens and the bedstead can be instantly taken apart.

The parts which I claim in this improvement as my own invention and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent isA The arrangement of the levers in combination with the rails of the bedstead in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

JOHN HA RT.

IVitnesses WVM. BISHOP, ED. MAKER. 

